textbook
pronunciation
How to pronounce textbook in British English:
UK [ˈtekstbʊk]
How to pronounce textbook in American English:
US [ˈtekstbʊk]
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- Noun:
- a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
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- Adjective:
- according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
Word Origin
- textbook (n.)
- also text-book, "book used by students," 1779, from text (n.) + book (n.). Earlier (1730) it meant "book printed with wide spaces between the lines" for notes or translation (such a book would have been used by students), from the notion of the text of a book being more open than the close notes. As an adjective from 1916.
Example
- 1. Textbook economics and sound management have truly worked wonders .
- 2. There 's also no textbook telling you what to think .
- 3. The trouble is that china often uses a different textbook .
- 4. It is not yet time to tear up the textbook on fdi .
- 5. Price increases in both oil and food provide textbook examples of market forces .